For a long time committed to the mission of helping the creation of new players' unions, Joaquim Evangelista, president of the Portuguese Players Union, was present at the inauguration ceremony of the National Footballers Union of Angola (ANFA), last January 18th.

The president of the Portuguese Players Union expressed his availability to continue assisting ANFA, like the portuguese delegation have done with the procedures for the creation and election of the governing bodies. “The technical and financial support has been going on for over a year, to give conditions and prepare the current board of ANFA for this first mandate”, said Joaquim Evangelista, on the sidelines of this ceremony where Igor Nascimento was publicly presented as the president of the Angolan union, which will now apply to integrate FIFPro – World Players Union, with the support of Portugal.

On Tuesday, before the game between Braga and Sporting, at the final-four of the League Cup, another meeting of the Social Dialogue Commission took place at the Municipal Stadium of Braga. In the meeting between the representatives of the League, the Portuguese Players Union, the National Association of Football Coaches and the Portuguese Association of Football Referees, was discussed the implementation of the new law against violence in sports, and security mesures at the national stadiums, the sports betting market, risks and opportunities to the stakeholders, the regulation of investors in national clubs, to increase good governance and transparancy, the insurance policy for injuries and labor accidents and the promotion of training and qualification for sports agents.

Also on Tuesday, in the sportive newspaper “O Jogo”, was published the position of the president of the Players Union, Joaquim Evangelista, about the non-compliance of clubs in the 3rd division, like Leiria and Fátima, both with unpaid salaries for three months. "We are providing support to players, but there are no longer conditions for them to keep developing the activity, we will take action and demand solutions to the governing bodies", assumed the president of the Union.